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. J. CLIFFORD.

-URINAL STALL.

Patented Mar. l, 1887.

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JOHN CLIFFORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO THE L. VOLFFMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

URINAL-STALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part ci" Letters Patent No. 358,651, dated Marchl, i887.

Application fled November 19, 1886. Serial No. 919,364. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CLIFFORD, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inUrinal-Stalls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this application.

My invention relates to means for the drain lage of urinal-stalls,`especially that type of stalls which is built of marble or other stoneslabs, and is applicable either in cases where earthenware uriuals areemployed or where the stalls are used simply in connection withwashing-down streams or jets of water supplied from a perforated tubearranged near the upper portion of' the back surface of the stalls. y

Previous to my invention in these types 'of urinal-stalls there has beenmore or less difficulty in keeping the stalls in a perfectly cleanly andsanitary condition by reason of a lack of free and constant drainage andwashing away of the drippings.

I propose to provide for use urinal-stalls supplied with means foreffectuallyv carrying off to the sewer of the apartment all drippingsand washings of the` stalls, and which at the same time shall render theconstruction of the stalls themselves more desirable than hereto fore.

To these main ends and objects my iuvelr tion may be said to consist,essentially, in the combination, with the marble or other stone slabsofl which the stall or stalls is or are composed, of a metallicdrain-trough arranged at the angle formed between the back and floorslabs of the stall or stalls, which trough also serves to wholly orpartially support said slabs, and is connected at its egress ordischarge end by means of a suitable pipe-coupling with the sewer ordrainpipe of the apartment or building, all as will be hereinafter morefully explained, and as will be more particularly pointed out anddefined in the claims of this specification.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates tounderstand and practice the same, I will now proceed to describe myimprovements, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification, and in which I have shown my in ventioncarried out in that form in which I have so far Vsuccessfully practicedit, and which is the best form now known to me.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a series ofurinal-stalls embracing my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial verticalcrosssection at the line x xof Fig. l on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view on the same scale as Fig. 2, showing one end ofone of the trough-sections, and also the dischargenozzle and strainerdetached from the other parts. Fig. 4 is a perspective v'iew showing theapplication of my invention to another form or type of urinal-stall.

In the several figures the same parts, Wherever they occur, Will befound designated by the same letters of reference.

At Figs. l, 2, and 3, A represents the base or floor slab, B the backpieces, and C the partitions or side walls, of a series of marbleurinal-stalls of that type in which no basins or bowls are employed, butin which. the wa ter dischargedinto the stalls is washed away andcarried off through the medium of continuous jets or sprays of Waterdischarged from a perforated tube or pipe, D, arranged against the upperportions of the back slabs, B, of the stalls.

E is a drain-trough, made preferably of galvanized iron, (but which maybe made of any other suitably strong and cleanly material,) which is'formed with a forward ledgelike flange, c, and with a rear horizontalledgelike portion, a, and upwardlylprojecting or vertical flange d,which ledges and flange-like portions are adapted to perform certainoffices, that will be presently explained. This draintrough ispreferably made in sections where a series of stalls is employed,(especially where many stalls are embraced in the series) so as torender it necessary to have a comparatively long continuousdrain-trough.

F is a discharge nozzle or coupling, which is properly connected at oneend with the discharge end of the drain-trough and at its other end toany suitable drain-pipe leading to the sewer or other source of finaldischarge.

g is a strainer or vertically-arranged grating at the juncture of thedischarge-nozzle F with the egress end of the trough E, which straineris designed to prevent the discharge into the nozzle and thence into thedrain-pipe of any solid matter, such as cigar-stumps, matches, paper,&c., that might be carelessly thrown into the trough E by persons usingthe stalls.

At Fig. 4L I have shown a modification of my invention, in which thattype of stalls is used in which is employed the usual pan or bowl, suchas seen at I, and in which my novel construction and arrangement ofdrain-trou gh is employed merely for receiving and discharging into thedrain-pipe the drippings from the pans and the washingsin cleaning outthe stalls.

, In this modication, however, the construction and arrangement of themetallic drain-trough is substantially the same, it will be seen, as inthe case illustrated by the other iigures of the drawings.

It will be observed that the forward horizontal ledge or lip, c, of themetallic draintrough E, is located somewhat lower than the level atwhich is arranged the rearmost horizontal ledge, a. rIhe extent ofdepression of the part c below the part c should be exactly equal to thethickness of the slabs or stones A, which compose the floor of thestalls, and the object of this peculiar arrangement of the parts c and ais that the ledge c will receive v and support the rear edge or edges ofthe floor slab or slabs, (with said edges about coincident with theforward edge of the concave trough E,) in such manner that the topsurfaces of said floor-slabs will come exactly on a level with the topsurfaces of the portions a of the metallic trough, whereby I ani enabledin the construction of my urinal-stalls to use partition-slabs C ofprecisely the same length as the back slabs, B, the lower ends of whichback slabs rest upon and are supported by the ledge a of the metallictrough, the lower rear corners of which partitionslabs may or may not becnt away in construction of the stalls. This peculiar construction ofmetallic draintrough and the arrangement thus of said trough with thefloor and back slabs not only enables me to firmly support both thefloorslabs and back slabsl on the said metallic device, but renders thepartition-slabs and back slabs, as they usually come from themarbleworks, interchangeable at pleasure in building with them thestalls, which is of great advantage in an economic ypoint of View, andoften saves the eXtra expense and trouble of ordering for a given jobslabs of a particular size for one part of the structure while having onhand slabs adapted only to another part of the stall-structure.

The metallic device E (or its sections) is formed, as shown, withsuitable supporting and steadying devices or foot-like projections, f,which serve to give it a secure and solid basesupport on any suitablefoundation or' floor upon which it may be placed. Each of the sectionsof such metallic trough is formed at one end with a female and at theother with a male coupling or engaging device, by means of which, withthe use of any suitable cement or other packing material, any number ofsuch sections may be united or coupled together with perfectlywater-tight joints, while one end of the discharge-nozzle F is adaptedto engage, as shown, in substantial] y the same manner, with thedischarge end of the trough E, (or the last section thereof,) thestrainer device g being embraced in the coupling, as shown, so as toform a perfectly-tight seam or joint where the trough E is connected tothe said nozzle.

It will be understood that in the use of my invention in that type ofurinal-stalls shown at Figs. l, 2, and 3 the washing-down streams anddischarges into the stalls, as well as all washings and drippings fromthe floor-surface, will pass into and be carried along within thedrain-trough E, from whence they will be discharged through the strainerg into the coupling or nozzle connection F,leadingto the drainpipe ofthe apartment or building; and it will be seen that by the use ofsubstantially such a metallic trough as shown at the angle formed by thefloor slabs with the back slabs of the stalls a most convenient andefficient means is provided for carrying off all the urinal dischargesaswell as all the flushing-water, iloorwashings, 85e.

In that form of urinal-stall shown at Fig. 4 my improved constructionserves, of course, only the purpose of efficiently carrying off allurinal-drippings and all floor-Washings, and does this in a moredesirable and sanitary manner than is possible with any of the forms ofstall-drainage now in use, to my knowledge.

Having now so fully explained my invention that those skilled in the artcan practice the same, either in the precise form shown or under somemodification thereof, and wishing it to be understood that the mainfruits and advantages of my improvements may be gained withoutfollowing, precisely, all the details of construction which I have shownand described, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. In combination with one or more stalls of any of the known types, ametallic draintrough located' at the angle formed by the juncture of thebase-slab or floor with the back slab, substantially as hereinbefore setforth.

2. In combination with the door and back slab or slabs of aurinal-stall, one or more urinal-stalls,and a metallic drain-trougharranged and operating to support the lower ends of the back slabs, andalso the rearmost portions of the floor-slabs, in substantially themanner hereinbefore set forth.

3. In combination with the slabs composing the iioor, back, and sides,one or more urinalstalls, a metallic drain-trough having a foot- IOO IIO

rest or base, and formed 'or provided with l the exit end of saidtrough, substantially as horizontal ledges o and a, adapted to support,described, and adapted to permit the discharge respectively, theHoor-slabs and the back slabs of the liquid contents only of said troughsubin such a manner that the former will be susstantially ashereinbefore set forth. 15 5 tained at a proper level to permit theinter- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my changeable use of theback and partition slabs Il hand this 11th dzty of October, 1886. of thestall or stalls, in the manner hereinbe- T fore explained. i JOHACLIFFORD 4. In u urinal-stall druintrough arranged In presence ofro vatthe angle of the iioor with the back slab, a l WM. CLIFFORD,

-struiner or grating, g, and nozzle F, coupled to E. M. FORD.

